The 2018 edition of Topps Archives Snapshots has launched, once again as an online only product. Each box contains ten case cards, one autograph and one black and white image parallel at a price of $25. The product mixes previously unused photographs, some from Topps’ files. While it would be more fun to see this one done in a retired player edition, Snapshots does … [Read more...]
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Hal Chase E93/E98 Source Photo up for Auction
Finding the original images that artists used to create pre-war caramel and tobacco cards is always interesting. The unique items are rarely are seen or made available to the public. The majority of those early cards utilized lithography with artists using real pictures to depict a particular athlete. While we don't the source of many of those pictures, sometimes, the actual … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Sports Card Show Features Packers Super Bowl Reunion
Members of the Green Bay Packers’ Super Bowl XXXI championship team, including quarterback Brett Favre and fellow Hall of Famer Ron Wolf, will appear at a sports card show slated for Wisconsin State Fair Park in Milwaukee on Decmeber 1. The show, produced by long-time local dealer Ball Four Sports, will mark the first time so many members of Green Bay’s third Super Bowl team … [Read more...]
Tim Keefe Yum Yum Tobacco Card Headlines Fresh 19th Century Find
Rare baseball cards continue to be discovered and sometimes, those cards are old and valuable. Such is the case from a new find of 19th Century cards that includes a Hall of Famer from the 1888 Yum Yum Tobacco set. About the Find and the Keefe Yum Yum Card Dave Hobson of BaseballCardBuyer.com recently found a small collection of raw 19th Century cards, including both … [Read more...]
Notes: Kipnis’ Annual Game-Worn Toss; Topps News; New High-End Product
In Cleveland, it's become an annual tradition. Jason Kipnis grabs everything he's accumulated as a player over the course of the year, puts it all in a cart and wheels it out to a group of fans where he tosses it out to them, one shoe or batting glove at a time. Much of it is game-used but there are a few souvenir type items dished out as well. With the Tribe losing in the … [Read more...]
Notes: Cracker Jack Jackson Brings $87K; Griffey Signing; New USFL Set; Astros Super Fan
A recently graded 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson sold for over $87,000 late Sunday night. PWCC sold the SGC 5 card as part of its regular auctions on eBay. It was part of a larger consignment of vintage cards that was graded by SGC during this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. Fewer than 60 graded examples of the 1914 Cracker Jack Joe … [Read more...]
Gary V Opens Packs; Panini Snares EPL License; Your Show and Tell
Digital consultant/author/speaker/Jets fan Gary Vaynerchuk got his start in business by buying and selling sports cards as a youngster growing up in Edison, NJ. He's made a lot of money since then but lately he's gotten back into his roots a bit by posting about some recent dabbles into the world sports card buying and selling. One of his earliest ventures was an … [Read more...]
NFL’s Crucial Catch Auctions to Return as Campaign Opens
The NFL began its annual Crucial Catch campaign on Sunday and once again, game-worn jerseys and other items will be auctioned to raise money in the fight against cancer. The initiative, which kicked off with this weekend's games and continues through Week 7, addresses early detection and risk reduction efforts for multiple cancers. The league will use game balls … [Read more...]
Notes: Another Ungraded Goudey Find
One good 1933 Goudey find deserves another. Just a couple of days after Heritage Auctions revealed the consignment of a huge lot of ungraded Goudeys including all four Babe Ruth cards and a Nap Lajoie comes word from Robert Edward Auctions of another "raw" set. No Lajoie here, but every other card in the set is included--and now off for grading. This one was put … [Read more...]
Beckett Releases 2018 Football, Hockey Price Guide Books
Beckett Media is releasing a pair of price guide/checklist books. Published last month, the 35th edition of the company’s Football Card Price Guide has debuted as the number one release in the Antique and Collectible Sports Card category. The book includes checklists for every major set issued from 1894 to the present along with values for individual cards and complete … [Read more...]
